How do I extend a 3d line in Solidworks?

How do you extend a shape in Solidworks?

Extend Surface

1. Click Extended Surface (Surfaces toolbar) or Insert > Surface > Extend.
2. In the PropertyManager: Under Edges/Faces to Extend, select one or more edges or faces in the graphics area for Selected Face/Edges . For edges, the surface extends along the plane of the edge. …
3. Click .

How do I edit a 3D sketch in Solidworks?

Editing an Existing Sketch

1. Click Sketch. on the Sketch toolbar, or click Insert > Sketch. Select an existing sketch to edit.
2. Right-click a sketch in the FeatureManager design tree, or right-click a sketch entity in the graphics area, and select Edit Sketch.

How do you draw a 3D line in Solidworks?

To create a line in a 3D sketch:

1. Click 3D Sketch. …
2. Click Line. …
3. In the PropertyManager, under Options, select one of the following: …
4. Click in the graphics area to start the line. …
5. If you want to change planes, press Tab.
6. Drag to where you want the line segment to end.

How do you scale a line in Solidworks?

To scale a sketch:

1. In an active sketch, click Modify Sketch. (Sketch toolbar) or Tools > Sketch Tools > Modify.
2. In the dialog box, under Scale About, select one of the following: Option. Description. Sketch origin. …
3. Type a value for Factor, and press Enter. You cannot scale a sketch that has external references.
4. Click Close.

How do I stretch a line in Solidworks?

Stretching Sketch Entities

1. Click Base point. and then click on the sketch to set a base point.
2. Drag to stretch the sketch entities. When you release, the entities stretch to that point and the PropertyManager closes.

How do you extend an extruded surface?

To extend or extrude the edge of a surface



Select the outside edge of a surface. Ctrl+click to select multiple edges. Click the Pull arrow oriented along the surface to extend the edge. Press Tab or click the other Pull arrow to extrude the edge in another direction.

How do you define a 3D sketch in Solidworks?

To open the Fully Define Sketch PropertyManager, do one of the following:

1. Edit a sketch, and click Fully Define Sketch. (Dimensions/Relations toolbar) or Tools > Dimensions > Fully Define Sketch.
2. Import a sketch from a . DXF or . DWG file drawing, and click Tools > Dimensions > Fully Define Sketch.

How do 3D sketches work in Solidworks?

You can use 3D sketches in applications such as SOLIDWORKS Weldments to insert structural members along a 3D frame, for routing paths, and to reverse engineer meshes into solid parts. To create a 3D sketch, click 3D Sketch (Sketch toolbar) or Insert > 3DSketch .

How do you make a 3D line?

Create 3D line

1. On the ribbon, click 3D Model tab Sketch panel Create 3D Sketch .
2. On the ribbon, click 3D Sketch tab Draw panel Line .
3. Right-click to set the Auto-Bend option. …
4. To create the shape, click points as you sketch, or select work points, vertices, and 3D sketch points in the active 3D sketch.

Can you extrude 3D sketch in SolidWorks?

This is a followup post to episode 92 when I discussed 3D sketches in SolidWorks. As I mentioned, many people don’t realize that you can extrude or cut with a 3D sketch as long as it is closed and it has a vector direction to extrude along.

How do I make a 3D PDF in SolidWorks?

To export a SolidWorks part or assembly as a 3D PDF file:

1. Click File > Save As.
2. In the dialog box, select Adobe Portable Document Format (*. pdf) in Save as type.
3. Select Save as 3D PDF, verify the file name, and click Save.

What is the file extension of a SOLIDWORKS drawing file?

When you save a file natively in SOLIDWORKS, it can be saved as an: SLDPRT part file (. sldprt) SLDASM assembly file (.

How do I change the scale in SOLIDWORKS?

You can change the scale of a drawing sheet by selecting a scale from a predefined list or specifying a custom scale. To change the scale of an existing drawing sheet: In the status bar, click Sheet Scale and click a scale. If there are annotations in the drawing sheet, specify options in the dialog box and click OK.

How do I add a scale bar in SOLIDWORKS?

To set scales:

1. To set the scale of an existing drawing sheet, do one of the following: In the status bar click Sheet Scale and click a scale. …
2. To set the scale of a drawing view, do one of the following: For existing drawing views, select a view or views, then set the Scale in the PropertyManager.